This is the only method, that I see, might actually work.
The last thing they need to hear is some fans halfway across the globe telling them how to run they're company. " these guys are a bunch of Japanese business guys in suits thinking they're professionals. But it also can't be a letter telling them "how it could be good publicity and that stuff It should be a letter expressing our deepest interest in a franchise that we all know and love. It can't be any bullcrap riddled with curses and spelling mistakes. That'll likely have more impact then a petition. You want them to at least look at your opinion, you should get a friend who writes japanese pretty well(unless you can do it yourself) and send a letter from the community(a written one) to our friends up at S-E. (As I recall this happened to several DBZ mods.) Petitions don't work.
This is like someone making a mod for UT, and then some pissed off company sending a C and D letter to stop development.
I guess the guys up at S-E got too caught up in makin money intellectual property to actually care about the fans who play their games. This is a sad sad day for gamers everywhere. I just guess we will have to wait a couple more lifetimes until the copyrights expire on these works and we can finally get some independent remakes. Then again, the entirety of the story has not come out and perhaps- a very weak perhaps, but a perhaps nonetheless, SE did offer some royalty fee/co-development agreement that the Resurrection Team turned down. I would be thrilled if a game I created/designed was leading to this much work over a decade later (which in video game years is a lifetime) and I really can think of no reason that could possibly justify this move. SE had better be motivated by their own desire to revisit ChronoTrigger, but again, they certainly could have absorbed this work already being done in way everyone could have profited from. It is a wonderful gift that has simply fallen into their lap and they instead decide to react like the jealous 5 year old who refuses to share his toy (not to stereotype any five year old out there on this board, but come on, your age group is not known for either its generosity or sound thinking). Sure, Squarenix has every right to put a stop to any unauthorized project using their work/characters/etc.īut I would have thought SE could profit better by taking this project in with open arms, perhaps deciding to give it away as a packin/demo disk. Moïse Breton - Main Character / Background Modeller / Texture / Effect Artistĭavid Ying - Main Character / Background Modeller / Texture Artist Luis Martins - Art Director / Concept / Texture / Lighting / Effect Artist Nathan Lazur - Project Director/Programmer The team is not swayed, though, and is already planning something “new and fresh.” Our sympathies go out to everyone who worked so hard on this game, only to have to walk away: It truly is a shame the lawyers have interfered with something so promising.
The Chrono Trigger Resurrection site also has a trailer showcasing a few scripted scenes: Here are a few samples of what you will now never be able to play:
Chrono Trigger Resurrection sports professional quality artwork that has further improved since its last showing. Perhaps it was the quality of the project that triggered this unprecedented response so far into development. It seems after years of looking the other way, Square Enix has changed its policy on independently-created games honoring their own. The small development team behind fan game Chrono Trigger: Resurrection has posted some very disappointing news: they have received a Cease and Desist letter from Square Enix demanding they stop making their game.